Churches to Ask Red Cross Support in Linn County
Red Cross Sunday kicks off the 23rd annual membership drive in Cedar Rapids and Linn County with a county quota of 7500. Local chairs in east and west sides lead a broad campaign as nationwide efforts aim to recruit a million more members on the Red Cross’s 75th anniversary.
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Red Cross
Melvin L. Welke
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
American Red Cross
Harry O. Cutter
Richard, Jones
Leo A. Custer
E. K. Beane
Paul H. Huston
United States
East Side
Clara Avis
Mary Laurence
F. B. Baldwin
Ralph Black
L. S. Hamilton
Eugene L. Wasta
Ralph Hromek
Florence Mae Wolfe
F. D. Miller
Gladys Wink
H. G. Pitts
Iva Kurtz
Jamesou Haney
J. C. Johnson
John D. Randall
William Kinderknecht
Andrew Peterson
J. J. Hall
Mary Ann Pitts
James Dougherty
J. L. Berger
Stanley Lee
C. A. Love
J. W.ash
Eastside
Beane
Westside
A. Seabrook
J. Petrus
Amos Scott
C. C. Pitlik
S. E. Dale
Mary Erlacher
Gretchen Roy
H. Molley
Jetta Allagher
Tme
A. G. Keyes
Aman
Rs. Metta A. Burd
Secetary
Verona Hayette
Mr. Cutler
Flying Submarines Next Warns Leahy in Puerto Rico
Admiral William D. Leahy, governor of Porto Rico, said flying submarines will appear after the European war ends, stressing they will be the product of imagination not naval yards. He noted reports of German subs in the Caribbean but none seen yet. he warned they will be seen flying over towns.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
William D. Leahy
Govrnor
United States
Ahy
Caribbean
New RFC Loan Applications Open At Des Moines Davenport Offices
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation expands loan access beyond Chicago to Des Moines FHA and Davenport HOLC offices. Jesse Jones announces the plan to coordinate federal lending services for business and industry. Emphasis on liberal terms, securing repayment, and loans for plant modernization and expansion.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
Federal Housing Administration
Des Moines
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Davenport
Jesse Jones
Federal Loan Administrator
Federal Loan Group
RFC
CCC Notes To Be Refunded By U S
Washington treasury plans to refund 206 million dollars in commodity credit corporation 4 percent notes maturing November 2. The refunding may occur within the week as learned Saturday.
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CCC
U. S
Washington
The
Treasury
Commodity Credit Corporation
Apollo Commandery Hosts Iowa Degree Work in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Apollo commandery No. 26 will host visiting Knights Templar from Iowa Tuesday to confer the Order of the Red Cross at Masonic hall. Degree work begins 3 p.m. a 50 cent dinner at 6 15 p.m. Knight Templar Royal Holbrook of Cedar Rapids to speak. Adjournment about 10 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Apollo Commandery
Knights Templar
Iowa
Order of the Red Cross
Masonic Hall
Grand Commandery
Knight Templar Royal Holbrook of
One Fire Would Have Been Plenty At Lathrop Fire
In Lathrop Missouri a street festival stunt went wrong when a burning building was set to be driven through by a car. The resulting blaze destroyed three buildings and caused about $40000 in damage.
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Lathrop
White House visit highlights Iowa conventioneers
Mrs Baldwin and companions toured Washington, met Mrs Roosevelt at the White House kitchen, and attended a tea invitation. The note lists addresses of living presidential wives and suggests writing to Mrs Roosevelt at the White House.
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Mount Vernon
Florence Fox
Fairfax
Baldwins
Bowdishes
Washington
Kentucky
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Baldwin
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Mrs. Baldwin
R. A. Preston
Sixth Street NW
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Calvin Coolidge
Northhampton
Mass
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Wyoming Avenue
Benjamin Harrison
Fifth Avenue
New York
T. J. Preston
Grover Cleveland
Westlands
Princeton
N. J
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. L
N. Y
D. C
Belgian King Leopold to Broadcast to U. S.
Brussels announced King Leopold of Belgium will broadcast to the United States on Thursday October 20 with the time to be announced later.
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Brussels
INS
Leoepold
United States
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Leahy
Chester Ainsworth
Joseph Ainsworth
Alfred Mefferd
Killian’s
Stanley Ovenette
Ome
Borisin Basement
Elizabeth Longton
Foley
Foley Food Mill
Demonstra
Mrs. Morin
Hotpoint Cooking School
Conducted By
Miss Bernice Lowen
Bernice Lowen
Fay Huttenlocher
Better Homes & Gardens
Will
Killian Company
Killian
Ale “Fford
Venient
Ee Payments
Order of the Temple
Leopold
Hotpoint Electric Range
Hotpoint
Hotpoint Refrigerator
Aigers
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